Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi all ,

I am looking for a KSH script to do the following:

1) take input string from a user .
2) grep this string in a file . the file format is like this

FUNCTION homeph_phone_id RETURN NUMBER;
FUNCTION vmph_phone_id RETURN NUMBER;
FUNCTION workph_phone_id RETURN NUMBER;
FUNCTION fax_phone_id RETURN NUMBER;
FUNCTION cell_phone_id RETURN NUMBER;
FUNCTION pg_phone_id RETURN NUMBER;


3) Present this output again back to user and take input for the user selected option.

something like is: In kash command

Enter a word to serach
:
user enter : phone_id

grep through the file ABC .txt (format as mentioned above)

return the output of the grep command in the form of choices ....like

your options are :
------------------------
1)FUNCTION homeph_phone_id RETURN NUMBER;
2)FUNCTION vmph_phone_id RETURN NUMBER;
3)FUNCTION workph_phone_id RETURN NUMBER;
4)FUNCTION fax_phone_id RETURN NUMBER;
5)FUNCTION cell_phone_id RETURN NUMBER;
6)FUNCTION pg_phone_id RETURN NUMBER;

Ask user to enter a choice :
user enters a choice

Dump the choice on a flat file ....

I hope i was clear enough in my requirements .... working on the script myself but not finding a proper way to throw grep output as choices ...

can anyone give me a solution ...

take care

Not sure if this is a homework question or not. Certainly seems as homework.

1) Your search should be case in-sensitive if you want an all inclusive list. For grep, see the -i switch. Also, dont limit yourself to grep, see also egrep or awk. Use what makes sense.
2) for the second menu, see the "select case" method.
3) "Dump the choice on a flat file"Dump only the one line selected by the user to a flat file? Why would this be helpful to anyone?

what is this going to be used for?

Thanks google,

I will let u know specific things what i am looking for .I too think that i was not clear in my question .


Thanks Guys .. i found the way to perform this task now ...

Take care